I made Barefoot Contessa's Outrageous Brownie yesterday.My friend Anne told me about this recipe last week. I have never even heard of it. Seeing that it has (...)
This bread rocks.That is how hubby and I feel when we took our first bites. We couldn't even wait for the 2 hour cooling period as instructed by the recipe. We (...)
This is Marionberry Turnover from the Pie & Pastry Bible. The crust is Rose's yummy-licious Flaky Cream Cheese Crust. In the book, Rose gave the option to use (...)
For the Panettone next week, I decided make my own candied orange peel. I've been curious about it but so far have been too lazy to make it. I figured now is (...)
When I got my copy of RHC last September - leafing through the book and DROOLING over the pictures - one of the pictures that cause the drooling reaction is (...)
I bought a bag of lemons for my marmalade experiment last weekend. I only used 2 and have 4 lemons left.In the spirit of canning and jamming, I decided to make (...)
This is one of my favorite pasta dish. When I say favorite I mean that I used to make this a lot. I had since forgotten about it. Last weekend, feeling like (...)
I seem to be on a losing strike lately. When I saw this recipe I thought ah, banana, chiffon, bundt cake = yum. I love bananas and have ripe bananas and this (...)
A couple of weekends ago, I woke up to a craving of sweet bread. Leafing through Rose Levy Beranbaum's Bread Bible, I saw a recipe that looks good: Cinnamon (...)
This week's selection from HCB is Sticky Toffee Pudding. I have to admit that I am not looking forward to this cake at all. It sounded very much like a spice (...)
In an attempt of baking more often but eating less quantity, I vowed to try to make 1/2 recipes from now on. So for this week's selection, I baked 1/2 the (...)
We are finally baking Pizza Rustica - YAY!I have wanted to make this since the book came out. I had even thought to ask Marie to put this on the schedule last (...)
This is a story of failed frosting. Ok, you might look at the picture of the slice and thought that it look good. But wait until you see the picture of the (...)
Alpha bakers blueberry crumb coffee cake for independence day
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Happy 4th of July everyone!I have been a slacker-o of an Alpha Baker. I have no valid excuse, except that we have no AC and that makes me don't want to bake. (...)
Marmalade success!!!I am so so happy that this turned out. As you guys know, I tried to make Orange Marmalade last December. It turned out. Way too sweet and (...)
I must not be in the right mind on Friday when I went grocery shopping. The reason why I said that is because this morning, when I look at recipe and what I (...)
Black chocolate party cake and white velvet butter cake
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Here are a couple of cakes I made 3 weeks ago: Black Chocolate Party Cake and White Velvet Butter Cake with Milk Chocolate Ganache.The Black Chocolate Party (...)
I must tell you now that this cake is so good! I had some expectations about this cake, having heard from Monica and Rose that it is good. I am still surprised (...)
I am beginning to realize that the easier the recipe is, the more disorganized I become. Especially on recipes that are tagged Q&E. It's like it's screaming at (...)
I had mixed feelings about this cake. On one hand, I love the chocolate cake base. I've made it last year for the chocolate ice cream cake and it was (...)
I hardly cook shrimp at home. Hubby doesn't like it and I prefer to make something that we both enjoy. But I saw this dish the other day at Mark Bittman's (...)
Unlike some of my Alpha Baker friends, I get pretty excited when I see recipes containing raisins. I love raisins. I would happily order, eat, cook anything (...)
Jane started the Chocolate Tweed Angel Food Cake while her roommate was still sleeping, which means she grated the chocolate by hand. "It probably took me (...)
I made this on Valentine's Day, which feels like a long time ago and it really has. 10 weeks ago!Yes I baked ahead and I made full recipe! But in this case it (...)
